Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-236504

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 1

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: LI, 568 Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part III. The Parliaments of the Dominions

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518 PARLIAMENTS OF THE DOMINIONS [parr II There are no second Chambers in the other Canadian Provinces at the present day. In Ontario and British Columbia none has ever existed ; that of New Brunswick disappeared in 1891 (it had twenty-three members) ; that of Prince Edward Island, elective from 1862 onwards, was merged in the Assembly by an Act of 1893, c. 21, and that of Manitoba was abolished by a local Act (c. 28) in 1876, The new provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta have a single chamber only. § 2. NEWFOUNDLAND Under the letters patent of March 28, 1876, the Legislative Council of Newfoundland consists of members nominated and appointed by the King under the sign-manual and signet, or provisionally appointed by the Governor and afterwards confirmed by His Majesty. The total number of the said Legislative Council for the time being resident within Newfoundland shall not at any time by such provisional appointments be raised to a greater number on the whole than fifteen. The number of members who can be appointed by His Majesty is not limited in any way, and at present the Council contains twenty-one members. Every member holds his place during the King’s pleasure, and may be removed by any instruction or warrant issued by His Majesty under the sign-manual and signet, and with the advice of the Privy Council. The quorum is five, 2. By No. 249 of the Rules of the House of Assembly adopted at the first session of the 16th Assembly and amended in the fifth session of the said Assembly, it is provided that “all aids and supplies and aids to His Excellency in Legis- lature are the sole gifts of the Assembly ; and all Bills for the granting of any such aids and supplies ought to begin with the Assembly ; and it is the undoubted and sole right of the Assembly to direct, limit, and appoint in such Bills the ends, purposes, considerations, conditions, limitations, and qualifications of such grants; which ought not to be changed or altered by the Legislative Council’. But the House will not insist on its privileges in the following cases

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